The Non Discrete Architectures Symposium organized by Shawn Rickenbacker, and generously sponsored by Motorola and U Penn Graduate School of Design took place on April 2nd & 3rd, 2015. If your interested in the future of robots, walking 3D printers …

The Non Discrete Architectures Symposium organized by Shawn Rickenbacker, and generously sponsored by Motorola and U Penn Graduate School of Design took place on April 2nd & 3rd, 2015. If your interested in the future of robots, walking 3D printers …

While working with colleagues Azu and Ilya in Barcelona on an on-going project with school children and food we revisited a strategy to continue to creatively misalign specific ideas with a set of broad problems centered around …

While working with colleagues Azu and Ilya in Barcelona on an on-going project with school children and food we revisited a strategy to continue to creatively misalign specific ideas with a set of broad problems centered around …

CityAge || Build the Future, is a platform for ideas and business development, designed to enable new partnerships among the business, government and societal leaders who are shaping the 21st Century. Taking place in Waterloo, Ontario ranked 16th amongst …

CityAge || Build the Future, is a platform for ideas and business development, designed to enable new partnerships among the business, government and societal leaders who are shaping the 21st Century. Taking place in Waterloo, Ontario ranked 16th amongst …

Following a great UDD team effort and the DESIGNxNYC exhibition of NYELI (our data driven re-design of a NYC Public School Tray Alternative) we’ ve come to realize how particular communities like a typical NYC Public School record, measure and …

Following a great UDD team effort and the DESIGNxNYC exhibition of NYELI (our data driven re-design of a NYC Public School Tray Alternative) we’ ve come to realize how particular communities like a typical NYC Public School record, measure and …

We’ re not sure why we have not heard about more progressive strategies by the MTA to generate revenue with out raising fares and cutting service. As a NY’er and regular commuter minus my biking days I personally am vexed …

We’ re not sure why we have not heard about more progressive strategies by the MTA to generate revenue with out raising fares and cutting service. As a NY’er and regular commuter minus my biking days I personally am vexed …

UDD has been selected to exhibit its ongoing work for the redesign of the NYC Public School lunch trays at NYCxDESIGN, May 10-21 2013. The brainchild of City Council Speaker and Mayoral Candidate Christine C. Quinn’s office NYCxDESIGN is …

UDD has been selected to exhibit its ongoing work for the redesign of the NYC Public School lunch trays at NYCxDESIGN, May 10-21 2013. The brainchild of City Council Speaker and Mayoral Candidate Christine C. Quinn’s office NYCxDESIGN is …

To begin 2013 we’re excited to have been accepted into the IBM Global Entrepreneur Program. Through the program, UDD will now have access to a global network of smart, diverse, and progressive entrepreneurs tackling problems and creating new platforms and …

To begin 2013 we’re excited to have been accepted into the IBM Global Entrepreneur Program. Through the program, UDD will now have access to a global network of smart, diverse, and progressive entrepreneurs tackling problems and creating new platforms and …

Emerging markets have been hailed as the future of a global economy. This is in part an effort to extend US economic growth to wherever it may lie. In the case of my most recent discussions, Africa is that enormous …

Emerging markets have been hailed as the future of a global economy. This is in part an effort to extend US economic growth to wherever it may lie. In the case of my most recent discussions, Africa is that enormous …

The prophecy of our current energy crisis is in many respects old news. You may recall Jimmy Carter’s 1977 plea to the american public http://bit.ly/YLYgK then interpreted as a tedious history lesson. The tone of the speech was indeed somber …

The prophecy of our current energy crisis is in many respects old news. You may recall Jimmy Carter’s 1977 plea to the american public http://bit.ly/YLYgK then interpreted as a tedious history lesson. The tone of the speech was indeed somber …

UDD participated in a collective Water Hackathon at the Parson Design and Technology Lab, hosted by Internet of Things and Ushahidi. The goal put our collective minds together and hack a robust low-cost water quality monitoring device. We worked with …

UDD participated in a collective Water Hackathon at the Parson Design and Technology Lab, hosted by Internet of Things and Ushahidi. The goal put our collective minds together and hack a robust low-cost water quality monitoring device. We worked with …

UDD and partners, Gaia Institute, Green Map and NYC Soil & Water Conservation District have been selected from over 400 applications for consideration of a Rockefeller Cultural Innovation Grant. Without question we are excited about …

UDD and partners, Gaia Institute, Green Map and NYC Soil & Water Conservation District have been selected from over 400 applications for consideration of a Rockefeller Cultural Innovation Grant. Without question we are excited about …